
X: 0
T: US Revolution - common jigs
K:

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X: 1
T: Albinia   (G)
O: 1772
B: Robert Hinde "Second Collection of Quick Marches with Basses" London 1772
B: Straight & Skillern "204 Favourite Country Dances" London ca.1775
F: http://imslp.org/wiki/204_Favourite_Country_Dances_(Various) p.13 #26
Z: 2014 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
%
|: "G"G2A BcB | "D7"AGF "G"G2D | "G"G2A BcB | "D7"{B}AGF "G"G3 :|\
|: "Em"{A}G>FG E3 | "Am"A2G "D7"FED | "Em"{A}G>FG E3 | "D7"{B}AGF "G"G3 :|
|: "G"d2B d2B | "D7"ABc "G"B2G | "G"d2B d2B | "D7"cAF "G"G3 :|\
|: "C"E2G "G"D2G | "D7"ABc "G"BAG | "C"E2G "G"D2G | "D7"{B}AGF "G"G3 :| [dD]

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X: 2
T: the Female Saylor   [Gm]
T: Masters In This Hall
T: Marche pour les Matelots
C: Marin Marais 1706
N: Composed for the opera Alcyone of 1706.
N: Feuillet/Playford 1706
R: jig
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Playford Ball
B: Recu\"eil de Contredances (Feuillet)
B: Barnes
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Gm
|: "Gm"G2d "D7"d2c  | "Gm"B3 "Cm"c3 | "D7"d2c     B2A  | "Gm"B2A "D7"G2^F \
|  "Gm"G2d "D7"d2c  | "Gm"B3 "Cm"c3 | "D7"d2c     B2A  | "Gm"G6 :|
|: "Gm"b2a "D7"g2^f | "Gm"g3     d3 | "Gm"b2a "D7"g2^f | "Gm"g3 "(G7)"d2=f "I"\
|  "Cm"e2c "D7"d2A  | "Gm"B2G   B2c |1"D7"d2d    ^f2f  | "Gm"g3 "D7"a3 :|2 "D7"d2d B2A | "Gm"G6 |]

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X: 3
T: the Frisky   [A]
O: 1774
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Z: 2011 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Charles & Samuel Thompson eds "Twenty Four Country Dances", London 1774, p.18 #1
B: Straight and Skillern "Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances", v.1 c.1775
K: A
% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|: "A"c>de e>dc | "E7"Bcd "A"c2A "I"| "A"c>de e>dc | "E7"B>AG "A"A3 :|\
|: "A"cBc cBc | "D"ded "A"c2A | "A"cBc cBc | "E7"B>AG "A"A3 :|
|: "A"a>ba "E"g>ag | "D"f>gf f>ed | "A"c>de "D"f>ed | "E7"c>dB "A"A3 :|\
|: "A"E[AC]E "D"F[AD]F | "E7"Bcd "A"cBA | "A"E[AC]E "D"F[AD]F | "E7"dcB "A"A3 :|
% - - - - - - - - Dance description - - - - - - - -
% %begintext align
% % Turn Right hands & cast off 1 Cu. .|. .|. turn Left & cast
% % off below the 3c Cu. :|. :|: hands round 6 .|:. :|:. lead up to
% % the top foot it & cast off .|:: :|::
% %endtext

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X: 4
T: the Frisky   (G)
O: 1774
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
Z: 2011 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Charles & Samuel Thompson eds "Twenty Four Country Dances", London 1774, p.18 #1
B: Straight and Skillern "Two Hundred and Four Favourite Country Dances", v.1 c.1775
K: G
% - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|: "G"B>cd d>cB | "D7"ABc "G"B2G "I"| "G"B>cd d>cB | "D7"A>GF "G"G3 :|\
|: "G"BAB BAB | "C"cdc "G"B2G | "G"BAB BAB | "D7"A>GF "G"G3 :|
|: "G"g>ag "D"f>gf | "C"e>fe e>dc | "G"B>cd "C"e>dc | "D7"B>cA "G"G3 :|\
|: "G"D[GB,]D "C"E[GC]E | "D7"ABc "G"BAG | "G"D[GB,]D "C"E[GC]E | "D7"cBA "G"G3 :|
% - - - - - - - - Dance description - - - - - - - -
% %begintext align
% % Turn Right hands & cast off 1 Cu. .|. .|. turn Left & cast
% % off below the 3c Cu. :|. :|: hands round 6 .|:. :|:. lead up to
% % the top foot it & cast off .|:: :|::
% %endtext

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X: 5
T: Garryowen
O: Aird 1787
R: jig
Z: 2006 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: "Rinnci na h-\'Eireann" Elizabeth Burchenal, ed. G.Schirmer (1925) p.100
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
%Q: 3/8=126
%%slurgraces 1
K: G
   gf | "G"edc BAG |   B>cB    Bgf |    edc BAG | "D7"ABA Agf \
      | "G"edc BAG |   B>cB    B2d |    def gdB | "D"A>BA A  :|
|: Bc | "G"d2B d2B |    d2B    d2g | "C"e2c e2f |     e2c e2f \
      | "G"g2a b2a | "C"gfe "G"d2B |    def gdB | "D"A>BA A  :|

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X: 6
T: Green Sleeves (and Yellow Lace)   [Am]
O: 1580
S: Gillespie Manuscript, 1768, pg. 96
N: Registered 1580 at the Stationer's Company (London) as "A new Northern Dittye of the Lady Greene Sleeves"
B: Playford, 1686 as "Green Sleeves and Pudding Pies"
B: Johnson "Scots Musical Museum", 1792, #388
B: Gow - 4th Repository  (1817)
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
R: jig
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: ADor
  AB \
| "Am"c2c c>de | "G"dBG G>AB | "Am(F)"c2A A>Bc | "E7"B2^G E2B |\
| "Am"c2c c>de | "G"dBG G>AB | "Am(F)"c>BA "E7"B^G2 | "Am"A3 z :|
|: ef \
| "C"g2g g>fe | "G"d>BG G2g | "Am"a2b c'ba | "Em"g>ee e2f |\
| "C"g2g g>fe | "G"d>BG GAB | "Am(F)"c>BA "E7"B^G2 | "Am"A3 z :|

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X: 7
T: Haste to the Wedding
O: 1760
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
R: jig
Z: 2005 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: Cole p.53
B: Called "The Small Pin Cushion" in J. Oswald's "Caledonian Pocket Companion" (bk. 10, c 1760)
B: Called "Carrick Fergus" in J. Brysson's "A Curious Collection of Favourite Tunes" (Edinburgh 1791)
N: "The tune 'Come, Haste to the Wedding,' of Gaelic origin, was introduced in the pantomime, The Elopement, staged in London in 1767." (Linscott, 1939)
K: D
F/G/ \
| "D"A>BA Agf | "G"ede "A7"fdB | "D"A>BA "Bm"AdF | "Em"GFG "A7"EFG | "D"A>BA Aaf |
| "G"ede "A7"fdB | "D"A>BA "A7"faf | "D"d>ed d2 :: f/g/ | "D"a>fa afa | "G"b>gb "(A7)"bag |
| "D"fga "Bm"agf | "Em"g>fg "A7"efg | "D"a2z "Bm"f2z | "Em"ede "A7"fdB | "D"A>BA "A7"faf | "D"d>ed d2 :|

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X: 8
T: the Irish Washerwoman
%D:1790
O: Petrie 1790
B: Petrie's Collection of Strathspey Reels and Country Dances &c., 1790
N: Similar tunes with many titles date back to the 17th C in the British Isles.
R: jig
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: G
   d/c/ \
| "G"BGG DGG | BGB dcB | "Am"cAA EAA | cAc "D7"edc \
| "G"BGG DGG | BGB dcB | "Am"cBc "D7"Adc | "G"BGG G2 :|
|: g/a/ \
| "G"bgg dgg | bgb bag | "D7"aff dff | afa agf \
| "C"egg "G"dgg | "C"cgg "G"B3 | "Am"cBc "D7"Adc | "G"BGG G2 :|

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X: 9
T: Jefferson and Liberty
T: the Gobby O
O: 1843
R: jig
Z: 2005 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
B: NEFR #12 (in Am rather than Ador, which is slightly more common)
B: Howe's Musician's Companion, Part 2 (1843)
N: Based on an English song, "The Gobby O"
N: Some versions have the pickup notes; others don't. NEFR has only the pickup on the B part.
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Ador
"A"|:\
"Am"{AB}c2A A^GA | E2A ABc | "G"B2G GBc | dBG GAB ||\
"Am"c2A A^GA | E2A A2e "I"| edc "E7"BAB | "Am"E2A A3 :|
"B"|:\
"Am"{B}A2B c2d | "C"e2f g3 | e2f g2e | "G"dBG G2E ||\
"Am"A2B c2d | "C"efg "F"a3 | "C"edc "E7"BAB | "Am"c2A A3 :|

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X: 10
T: Lanagan's Ball
O: Ireland c.1860
R: jig
Z: 1997 by John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: EDor
|: "Em"EFE G2A | B2A Bcd |[1,3 "D"DED   F2G | AdB AFD \
                        :|[2,4 edB "Am"=cBA | "Em"BEE E3 :|
B \
|: "Em"e2f gfe | "D"fag fed |[1,3 "Em"e2f gfe | "Bm"fBB B2d \
                           :|[2,4 "Em"edB "Am"=cBA | "Em"BEE E3 :|

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X: 11
T: Money in Both Pockets
M: 6/8
Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack
R: jig
K: D
A \
| "D"d2F "A"FEF | "D"DFA AFD | d2F "A"FEF | "D"D2f fef \
| "D"d2F "A"FEF | "D"DFA AFD | "Em"EFE EFA | "A"BBB B2 :|
|: A \
| "D"dfa afd | "A"cea ecA | "D"dfa afd | "G"g3 "(D)"fga \
| "G"bag "D"agf | "Em"ede "Bm"fdB | "F#m"ABA AFA | "G"BBB "A7"B2 :|

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X: 12
T: Moon and Seven Stars, The
O: 1750
Z: Transcribed to abc by Mary Lou Knack
S: Roaring Jelly Collection
B: Aird "Selection of Scotch, English, Irish and Foreign Airs" vol. 1, 1782
B: MS tunebook ca. 1795-1815 of Luther Kingsley of Mansfield, Connecticut.
R: jig
M: 6/8
K: D
A \
| "D"d2A AGF | "G"GAB "D"A2A \
| "G"Bcd efg | "A"fed cBA \
| "D"d2A AGF | "G"GAB "D"A2A \
| "G"Bcd efg | "A"Adc "D"d2 :|
|: c/d/ \
| "A"e2A ABA | efg "D"f3 \
| "A"efg "D"fed | "E"cdB "A"A2A \
| "G"BGB "D"A2A | "G"BGB "D"A2A \
| "G"Bcd efg | "A"Adc "D"d2 :|

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X: 13
T: Swallowtail Jig    [Em]
O: Ryan 1883
Z: 1999 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
R: jig
B: Ryan’s Mammoth Collection, 1883; pg. 100
B: Kerr (Merry Melodies), vol. 2; No. 271, pg. 29
B: White's Unique Collection, 1896; No. 42
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Edor
   E/F/ \
| "Em"GEE BEE | GEG BAG | "D"FDD ADD | dcd AGF \
| "Em"GEE BEE | GEG B2c | "D"dcd AGF | "Em"GEE E2 :|
|: B \
| "Em"Bcd e2f | e2f edB | Bcd e2f | edB "D"d2B \
| "Em"Bcd e2f | e2f edB | "D"dcd AGF | "Em"GEE E2 :|

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X: 14
T: the Young Widow  [G]
O: 1788
B: John Griffith "A Collection of the Newest and Most Fashionable Country Dances and Cotillions", 1788
B: Hendrickson's "John Griffiths Dancing Master."
%D:1788
R: jig
Z: 2004 John Chambers <jc:trillian.mit.edu>
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
%Q: 3/8=108
K: G
|: "G"B2B BAB | "C(D7)"cdc "G"BAG |1,3 BAG BAG | BAG "D7"d3 :|2,4 "G"Bcd "C"efg | "D7"BcA "G"G3 :|
|: "D"AFD AFD | "(G)"dcB "D"AFD | AFD AFD | "(G)"dcB "(A7)"A3 :|[K:D]
K: D
|: "D"f2f fef | "G(A7)"gag "D"fed |1 fed fed | fed "A7"a3 :|2 "D"def "A7"efg | "A7"a2A "D"d3 |]

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X: 15
T: World Turned Upside Down  [2]
S:fifer Hiram Horner (1944, southwestern Pa.)
M:6/8
L:1/8
R:jig, march
N:Bayard called it a "half-air"
B:Bayard - Dance to the Fiddle, March to the Fife (1981, No. 538)
K: D
(3A/B/c/ |\
dcd A2G | FAF D3 | DFA dcd | e>de e2 (3A/B/c/ |\
dcd A2G | FAF D2g | fed cde | fdd d2 :|

